Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, along with a number of his students (collectively known as the Harvard Poker Society), joined other pro-online poker organizations in a Massachusetts protest today with regards to Governor Deval Patrick’s casino bill. According to the bill, Massachusetts residents caught gambling online would face up to two years in jail and a fine of as much as $25,000.

Nesson’s group claims that as many as 400,000 Massachusetts residents play poker online, and that filling Boston’s jail cells with “bad” poker players is a bad beat and a bad idea.

“I don’t think filling our expensive jail cells with poker players is what Massachusetts voters had in mind when they elected Deval Patrick,” Nesson said in a statement.